Matt Wallace – most famous for producing Slipknot – is right now in Iowa shaping fresh tracks with the band.
Jim Root states has over 50 riffs underway the band.
He exchanged studio time for golf at Royal Birkdale.
Five birdies in Round 1 situated him among the front runners in the 156-man field.
Wallace typically spends his days with albums, but lately he splits days between the studio desk and the last nine at St. Andrews Links.